Sound the Bells: A Holiday Celebration / US Army Field Band

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Album Summary

Composers

• Skip Ewing (1964 - )
• Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975)
• English Traditional
• Felix Bernard (1897 - 1944)
• Jack Nelson
• Bob Chilcott (1955 - )
• Traditional Spiritual
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Randol Alan Bass (1953 - )
• Mel Tormé (1925 - 1999)
• Amy Grant (1960 - )
• Christmas Traditional
• Meir Finkelstein
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• John Williams (Film Composer) (1932 - )
• James Pierpont (1822 - 1893)
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• Ariel Ramírez (1921 - 2010)

Notes & Reviews:

Combining the simple beauty of delicate bells, flutes, voices, and harps with trumpets, drums, and piano, this album creates a grand musical experience that demands to be heard this holiday season! From "Gloria" and "The Wassailing Song," to "Frosty Rap," Sound the Bells is a winter wonderland of traditional and contemporary holiday classics from the multi-talented U.S. Army Field Band that is sure to become a favorite in your home.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Devers Hall, Fort George G. Meade, MD (2008).

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Works Details

Williams, John : Sound the Bells!, fanfare for brass & percussion (or orchestra)

• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 05/1993

Traditional, English : Greensleeves, folk song

• Notes: Composition written: 1600.
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1600

Bass, Randol Alan : Gloria, for chorus

• Running Time: 6 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral

Pierpont, James : Jingle Bells

• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1850

Bernard, Felix : Winter Wonderland

• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Torme, Mel : The Christmas Song

• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1944

Berlin, Irving : Holiday Inn

• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Nelson, Jack : Frosty Rap

• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Steve Rollins.
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Grant, Amy : Tennessee Christmas

• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas

Ramírez, Ariel : Missa Criolla :: Gloria

• Running Time: 5 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1964

Chilcott, Robert : Mi Zeh Hidlik, for chorus (from Three Israeli Songs)

• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Traditional, Christmas : Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"), carol (a.k.a. "Here We Come a-Caroling")

• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1850

Ewing, Skip : It Wasn't His Child

• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Traditional Spiritual : Children Go Where I Send Thee

• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.

Finkelstein, Meir : LeDor VaDor, for ogran

• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.

Anderson, Leroy : Sleigh Ride

• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1948

Handel, George Frideric : Joy to the World (theme by Handel)

• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1742

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818